India, Oct. 19 -- The firing at actor Tiger Shroff's car in Mumbai's Juhu area on 18 October has brought into focus a disturbing feature of organised crime: the ability of criminal networks to recruit young people through social media, use them to carry out attacks and leave the people they target, along with their wider professional communities, living in fear.

Shroff escaped without gunshot injuries when motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire near Pushpa Park as he was leaving after a football match. His driver and an autorickshaw driver were injured. Three suspects were subsequently arrested at Kota railway station in Rajasthan in a joint operation involving police teams from different jurisdictions.

The arrests may help investigato...